The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-12-08
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SMITH Maid, Maud q. and Jay-Eys-ese.
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Have you ever noticed how slowly ~
trotting record has been lowered~ said .
well-known driver TO me. a. we were return
ing to the city one evening last summer. "N
was in 1859 that old Flora Temple astonishsd
the trotting world by beating 2:2O, and the
lowest record now was made by Maud 8. IN
1885,"
"Yes," replied, .'it has been slow, but q
the same time It has been steady. Should
the old rule hold good 1t will be broken next
season, for two years have now elapsed since
old Time was beaten out at the wire"
ut seems scarcely yesterday" unused the
old turfman, 'since I was startled at the
record made by tie old 'bob-tail,' and had I
expected that she would have been able to
trot that fast, would have been on the quar-
ter-stretch at Kalamazoo. II was the only
great race that ever missed, and I have
always regretted it: OF course, the war put
brought to the front @ siter that. & and then n q
eyes were centred on the white
faced Dexter, who was then regarded .
9 wonder. He chipped q notch from
the old mares record, and was thought to b
tu0 luStS0C animal 6uve, anu No W0S, bOO,
then, but even with his speed at this time ho
would be badly left. have always thought
that his race against Ethan Allen and rum
ming mate was what settled Dexter, - he
was never the same horse after that. Dex.
ter had to yield the supremacy to the erratio
battle with Lady Thorne, Lucy and Amefi-
can Girl. She was the queen for q long time,
but she, like Dexter, passed away, and Others
came forward"
"Do you remember the Maids race with
6muggler?" I asked.
''Indeed l do" was his answer, "and Il
was horse race for while. It was Marvin
and Doble, but Marvin had the best horDo
that day, and won it. l remember race 8
Old Point Breeze in &c. when the Maid,
all out for the stuff. The Maid was then
considered the best of the quartet, and was
big favorite, she being backed by all the
Philadelphia party, but it was no use, for
old Thorne, with. her one good eye
St won na,, It. Ihe soht Mad .S rs' oS da,s
trot fast, but he was wrong, for she wae
rank all through, only showing her speed
in scoring and in spots. The big machine
like stride of Lady Thorne was powerful
that day, and 1 thought she would have
lowered her record had she been driven out,
but she was pulled up in the stretch and
logged under the wire in, think, 2:ls3.''
How fast do you think Thorne could
have trotted that third heatP' asked, for
had come up from school to see the race, and
he pepd the od %sn
driven her the entire mile, think she would
have finished the mile in 2:l62, or little
better.
"The next star was the slim-eared Rarus,
who, guided by. Jack Splan, made the next
made money and reputation ct the same
time. 1t was while SplAn was driving Rarus
that Michigan girl said he was in the same
boat with the swan, both being ugly - mud
on the ground; the swan : beauty ON
About this time St. Julian was creating
furor on the California coast, and soon Or
rim Hicock brought him East, where he
took the rank Of King of the Turf His
race with Jay-Eye-See ended his career In
this section, and he is now out In his West
ern home enjoying quiet life.
"This brings us down to the present leaders,
Maud 8. and Jay-Eye-See, who are still the
queen and king respectively. There n NO
question but that the gallant daughter of
Harold has the most speed, but the result Of
matter of doubt with me. l know that
Maud 8. is one of the gamest trotterS
that ever looked through Q bride, but
how fast she could trot when taking her
chances with another horse in . race do
her get up and hustle If he was ali right. but
his feet hear, are getting bad again, andif
this is the case, then Jay-Eye-See's trotting
days are over, and Ned Bithen will have to
hunt up good one among the Dictator colts
Speaking of Bithers," said. 'he had .
not to mention Gurgle."
"Yes," replied the old gentleman, Med
was at the top ofthe heap for some time, and
really pit:ed him at the Wilkes Phallas raos
he was the morning of the race, for Iheard
him tell you and Dempsey that 1t would b
the softest kind of snap to out-trot the
fastest son of George Wilkes. was badly
disappointed when the first heat was trotted,
for thought fhallas would % yin II, but The
and was glad TO "hedge'' my purchases.
] think that If the truth 10 known Harry
Wilkes is the 'bread-winner' Of the turf.
and that he has landed more hard cash into
the pockets of his owners than any other
horse in the same number of races"
"By the BY" the old turfman went on, II
have often wondered whether all Flora
Temples speed was really ever gotten out Of
her. The Kalamazoo track, whore, In 1850
she beat the 2:2O record, was new one that
tember. It was scarcely settled, but was
level and fairly smooth. A slight rain had
laid the dust, and drag had been sent
around the track once, making what would
now be but an ordinary fair track. just b.
fore the race went down to nee the marc.
When she was led out of her box and her
blanket taken off she was q picture She
was rather small, long bodied mare, with
o small head and ears and bob-tail She
| wore heavy iron shoes on all her feet, and
| the toes and heel-calks were plainly to be
seen; her harness was heavy; the side
check sand not a buck being used, while
the .nartingale was missing. She was
hooked to q red sulky, then regarded as .
model for it only weighed sixty EIGHT
| pounds, and when her driver, who weighed
l65 pounds, was seated, she was ready for the
| great event. In her jog she moved with Q
quick. nervous stride that little indicated
her great speed. When she wheeled and
came down for the word, she was moving
with steady pace and the game mare be-
gan her great race against old Father Time
under very favorable auspices. In those days
| the quarters and halves were not taken, the
mile being the main point, but it was to be
| plainly seen that she trotted the second quar-
| ter at faster rate of speed than she did
| the first, while the first half of the third
| quarter eclipeed them all. It was up in
| the turn that noticed that the mare was
| Icing eased and it was thought that some
| thing was wrong. Still, even at the dimin-
l>hed speed, she was trotting faster than (
Lad ever seen Q horse go before, and she %
finished the mile. Had she been driven out
she would have beaten 2:19, but ~ it was abe
| had beaten 30.
Now want to PROFOUND question for
you II Flora Temple in 1859, over a rough
rack hooked to ssixty- eight tpoundsu ulky and